From the daily archives: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Note that this replaces the 14th edition. That edition will now move slowly into the depths of the blog.
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Continue Reading →Bison Population estimated to be 3900
Yellowstone National Park – Summer 2010 Bison Population Estimate Released.
U.S. National Park Service Press Release
I attended the IDFG Commissioner’s “special meeting” on Monday in Idaho Falls where the commissioners discussed how to proceed now that wolves are again protected by the Endangered Species Act.
After the Commission decided to adopt new rules on placement of traps, which requires trappers to keep traps at least 5 feet away from the [...]
Continue Reading →Here is the Soda Butte Grizzly Attack Report
Summary:
In the early morning hours of 28 July 2010, an adult female grizzly bear accompanied by 3 yearlings attacked 3 separate people in 3 different tents in the Soda Butte Campground. The initial attack was inflicted on Mr. Ronald Singer at approximately 0200 [...]
Only 39 Mexican wolves remain in the wild after several poaching incidents.
Conservation groups are asking the USFWS to retrieve telemetry equipment from ranchers and change the frequencies of the radio collars on the wolves so that people with receivers cannot find wolves and kill them. They argue, correctly in my estimation, that the radio [...]
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